Robert Downey Jr. is adamantly opposed to using generative artificial intelligence to recreate his likeness, warning future executives who might try to bring Tony Stark back from the dead is emitting.
The Oscar-winning Oppenheimer actor recently appeared opposite Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Ayad Akhtar and Tony Award-winning director Bartlett Shah on the podcast On With Kara Swisher, in which he explores the dangers of the age of AI. He talked about the former’s Broadway debut in a play depicting him.
“There are two tracks: How do I feel about everything that’s going on?” When asked to comment on his thoughts on deepfakes and AI reproduction, the actor said:
At the same time, the MCU actor said he’s confident the people currently in the conglomerate won’t do something like that: “Going back to the MCU, I’m worried about them taking over the soul of my character. I haven’t, because there’s like three or four guys.’And the gals who make all the decisions there anyway, whether I’m there or not, they’ll never do that to me.” he said.
When Mr. Swisher asserted that future executives would “absolutely” want to do that, Mr. Downey replied: I would like to state here that I intend to sue all future executives on spec alone. Swisher said he would be long gone by then, but Downey quipped, “But my law firm will still be active.” , compared him to Elvis Presley and his fortune, drawing laughter from Mr. Swisher.
Elsewhere on the podcast, Downey spoke about his years of investing in AI companies: Do you think they have a moral psychology? Why are we introducing this? Is the steering committee healthy? Can we learn anything from this experience? Can we be additive?’ So I think these I’m a little more agnostic about that. ”
Downey is currently starring in McNeil, starring as a famous Nobel Prize-winning novelist who uses AI to write his new works. The Lincoln Center Theater production, which runs through November 24, has received mixed reviews. Deadline’s own interpretation describes it as “slow to grab and bumpy when you grab it,” but praised Downey’s portrayal.
The Iron Man actor will soon return to Marvel as Doctor Doom in the Russo brothers’ films Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars, cementing his status as one of the franchise’s highest-paid actors. I plan on solidifying it.
